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The Morning Lead newsletter will pause for Thanksgiving and return next Monday. Click here to sign up and get it delivered straight to your inbox. Happy Thanksgiving! There are worse things than the New York Giants, although admittedly not a lot of them. Thursday’s main course is one example; turkey may be the clucking embodiment of a sort of Tebow-esque blandness, but …

It’s time for December football. It begins this Sunday. That means November is in the past, which is a good thing. I can’t think of a worse November I’ve had picking games. It’s been horrendous. My colleagues on CBSSportsHQ have taken to mocking me. Yes, it’s that bad. I went 5-8 against the spread and 7-6 straight-up. That brings my …

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has become a magician with the football. At times more point guard than quarterback, he runs a sleight-of-hand offense that keeps defenses constantly guessing as to where the ball is going. On Tuesday, Tua was asked whether his no-look skills, whether throwing it down the field or flipping it nonchalantly behind him, were inspired by any …

Not long after the Giants suffered a humiliating blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, a handful of players expressed their frustrations before cameras and microphones. But the team’s second-worst loss of the season particularly irked rookie receiver Malik Nabers, who labeled the performance “soft as f–k” and took issue with his number of targets. …

Daniel Jones was the No 6 overall pick in the 2019 draft. Photograph: Matt Krohn/USA Today Sports In each of the last three seasons, a quarterback who was highly drafted but did not initially fulfill started to flourish in a new location with the right offense and coaching staff. In 2022, the Seattle Seahawks decided 2013 second-round New York Jets …

Nick Sirianni explains why Eagles still need Brandon Graham even after injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Brandon Graham’s season is over but that doesn’t mean he’s done contributing to the 2024 Eagles. The longest-tenured member of the team suffered a torn triceps on Sunday night in Los Angeles, which could be the end of his 15-year career. But …

Giants coach Brian Daboll announced earlier Tuesday that quarterback Tommy DeVito would be limited at practice with a right forearm injury. The estimated practice report Tuesday confirmed that. DeVito was not on Monday’s report. “His forearm is sore, and we’ll see where we’re at. We had a walkthrough right before this. It is sore, so we’ll see where we’re at …

Patriots defensive back Jabrill Peppers is back with the team today after spending most of this season on the commissioner’s exempt list after he was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation or suffocation, possession of cocaine and assault and battery on a family or household member. Peppers still has a criminal trial scheduled for 2025, and …

The 9-2 Vikings have made a few linebacker moves. The team announced that Ivan Pace Jr. has been placed on injured reserve. He suffered a hamstring strain on the fourth defensive snap of Sunday’s win over the Bears. He’ll be required to miss at least four games before returning. The Vikings added linebacker Jamin Davis to the roster. A first-round …

The Giants elected not to trade edge rusher Azeez Ojulari ahead of this year’s trade deadline, but it now seems like the 24-year-old may have played his last snap with the team. According to multiple reports, the Giants are placing Ojulari on IR because of a toe injury. The injury won’t require surgery, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, but the …

The Commanders have made a few roster moves on Tuesday. Washington placed kicker Austin Seibert on injured reserve. He has been dealing with a right hip injury, missing a couple of games. He was then limited last week on Wednesday and Thursday before missing a field goal and two extra points in Sunday’s loss to Dallas. Zane Gonzalez remains on …

The Giants won’t have defensive end Azeez Ojulari in the lineup for a while. Ojulari injured his toe in last Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers and Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team put him on injured reserve Tuesday. Ojulari will have to miss the next four games and the Giants only have six games left, so there’s …

The Saints are getting closer to having one of their key defensive players back in game action. New Orleans announced on Tuesday that the club has opened the practice window for defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon. Kpassagnon, 30, suffered a torn Achilles during the offseason and has been on the physically unable to perform list. The Saints will now have 21 …

Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco is trending toward a return on Black Friday. Pacheco was a full participant for the first time since the Chiefs designated him to return Nov. 17. He played 43 snaps in each of the first two games and averaged 20.5 touches before fracturing his leg. Pacheco has 189 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown. Defensive …

Daniel Jones is a free agent and another coach of a contending team got asked about the possibility of adding him to their quarterback room on Tuesday. The Lions currently have second-year player Hendon Hooker behind Jared Goff on the active roster and Jake Fromm is on their practice squad. At a press conference, head coach Dan Campbell was asked …